Suggestions for Dining and Drinking near Japantown, San Francisco

Evan C. • May 6, 2019The Braised Short Rib is a must! To elevate the dish, add rice cake and definitely the cheese!

Francis L. • July 30, 2023Fantastic Michelin awarded thai. A true authentic experience with real thai flavours. Must go! The ambiance is a bit crowded.

Becca G. • November 5, 2015Deviled egg was a must! Tomato salad, prawn pasta, and ricotta dumplings were also delicious.

Anish B. • February 26, 2023Don't skip out on the chai

tony c. • May 13, 2018The Maiko special is great! Soft serve ice cream, cake, corn flakes, jelly cubes and red bean all in a single cup.

Connie C. • August 14, 2018Delicious omkase with a flair! Really unique combinations and flavor accents, like gold flakes, herbs, foie gras, etc on traditional sushi. Small station but great chefs. Def do the 12 piece.

Grace P. • July 11, 2017The vegan ramen is incredible. From a non-vegan, what is this sorcery?! (The chicken ramen here is great too! 😁)

Megan Allison • February 1, 2022Modest and unfancy-looking compared with premium ice creams in the area, but it's winning the game with the next-level creamiest gelato. Fig ricotta will change you. 🍨🏆

Simon W. • June 11, 2017Black sesame ice cream in a small waffle fish (small is plenty) with pocky sticks and sprinkles!

ashley t. • October 15, 2012Lobster rolls, mussels (don't miss the garlic bread), Baja style fish tacos. Get it all.

Déborah R. • April 15, 2018Their crepes are delicious, super cute, and the service is great. I've been there during closing time and have nothing to complain.

Sean H. • October 1, 2022Love the Orange foam coffee. I combine kalbijim croissant and injeolmi croissant to stack the rice cake and the kalbi like a magical croissant sandwich.

Kelly . • October 1, 2012Japanese crepe has green tea ice cream, red beans, and macha sauce. Delicious! Make sure you add ice cream to any crepe you get. You need to balance out the dry crispy crepe with something creamy

Sharon P. • March 26, 2018The most amazing vegetarian broth and most delicious ramen I've had hands down!

Danyel S. • March 21, 2015super friendly service. ++ many gorgeous and tasty pastries and cakes and such but the plain ginger cookie is the stealth stunna!

Jaclyn L. • October 11, 2014Friendliest people, delicious dessert, great curry

Lynn H. • May 27, 2017I enjoy eating Saag Paneer with Serrano Chili Naan!

Eric J. • October 24, 2019Come early, we got here 7pm and lots of flavors were sold out

V • November 25, 2012Huge song list in English, Japanese, Tagalog, and Spanish! Fun crowd and excellent service.

Terence C. • February 9, 2017All you can eat Sukiyaki! Totally worth it and delicious. Good service too! 4/5

Glo • September 3, 2024Green tea with lavender syrup! You’re welcome!

Hailey P. • January 13, 2018Omakase is good for the $$ and sushi is very high quality. Highly recommend -- one of the top sushi restaurants in SF

LaShea R. • May 10, 2013The ham and brie sandwich with apple slices was delicious. It came with a tasty salad and chips. The Strawberry Fields green tea was delicious as well.

Dave J. • April 16, 2015Some of the dishes are Western influenced Japanese food and it's so good and comforting.

j z. • January 15, 2010A little more pricey than Eastern Bakery in Chinatown, but worth it for the best coffee crunch cake in town!

Jessica G. • February 21, 2015Huge!!! And delicious !! Share 1 udon and tempuras were super fresh too

Andrew B. • November 25, 2013The fire squid is delicious and pretty spicy! The marinated beef is great and you can keep ordering more plates

Steve C. • February 24, 2021The ramen is excellent! This is a really good spot with lovely outdoor seating that catches the sun. And... did I say the ramen is amazing!! 😁🍜

Stephany • September 26, 2018The whiskey sour was not too sweet and fluffy like a Pisco sour. So good.